It’s a magic glove box, new 50 year old parts just appear there when needed
Is there a reason that this series isn’t called “A Valiant Effort”?
It’s always nice when you can find that gem of a classic car that runs great for next to nothing. That happens maybe twice in a lifetime. My gem was finding a 68 Olds 442 with the rally package for $1200. The only thing wrong with it was a bad radiator, oxidized paint job and a couple cigarette burns in an otherwise…
EFI isn’t hard, get the 4bbl intake and put a Holley Sniper on it.
I wonder how good such an engine could get if you upgrade it with hydraulic roller lifters, a modern camshaft with wossname double derivata lift curves, a Megasquirt SFI injection system and coilless ignition?
“the owner has to go in and use a pair of wrenches to elongate the lifter to remove slop.”
Ah, so I wasn’t the only person who ID’d that and went oh god milsurp type B-limp bag.
Donto drive that nice car on salty roads! Those things are getting hard to find! Use a Ford Fiesta or something, for Pete’s sake!
Do we think DT’s local code enforcement office tracks his column, just let out a sigh, and penciled in a drive by his place next week?
Yes, I highly recommend that a new owner (or a nostalgic older one) explore that page and links therein.
That should have been the headline.
...as parts of the valvetrain wear down, the owner has to go in and use a pair of wrenches to elongate the lifter to remove slop.
“Andrew keeps telling me that there is a cheaper, easier way to travel long distances — something having to do with “1/2 ρ V2 × S × CL””
This is why I bought my 1965 Plymouth Valiant. I want a winter car to replace my Lexus LX470, which is a swell car, but worth too much for me to let rust out on Michigan’s salty roads, and a bit boring and thirsty, with its four-speed slushbox and ridiculous curb weight. I want something fun to drive in the winter,…
Learned to drive on Mom’s 74 Dart, before that we had a 68 Dart, and I think we had a 62 as well, but I don’t remember that far back. Great cars, but Dad would unload them (all cars) when they hit 60-70 Kmiles.
Oh dang, David, you’re only one model year away from an excellent Circle Jerks song!
Is it a 170 or a 225? And is it... aluminum?!?
Dual Master Cylinder for when one of the brake lines rust thru.
I had a ‘66 Dodge D-100 with a slant six and three speed column shifter. If cockroaches will be the only life form surviving a nuclear apocalypse, they will be driving slant six-powered Chrysler products to get around.